00:01This is the algae scientists say is the most toxic of its kind.
00:06Relatively low numbers of cells per litre cause quite large effects in our standardised testing.
00:13Karenia cristata was responsible for the brevi toxins in the algal bloom which caused carnage along South Australia's coastline.
00:20The research providing some insight into why so many animals died.
00:25It helps to reconcile that it wasn't just that there was algae there, it was also algae that had a
00:30really big effect.
00:31Well we knew that and it was evidence of that too because of the wide scale mortality that we were
00:38seeing along the coast.
00:39In October the Premier said the algal bloom wasn't toxic despite that word appearing in official government advice.
00:47He doubled down on that point in March.
00:50Toxic in the context that it is deadly to humans then of course it's not.
00:54If it's toxic in the context of it being technically a toxin in the same way that alcohol is then
01:00yes.
01:01We base our responses on the evidence as it comes in at the time.
01:05Dr Stein assuring the research done on zooplankton and brine shrimp doesn't change the health advice.
01:11He says the finding is just one piece of the puzzle.
01:14So there's a lot of things we need to understand yet to kind of fill in that why did so
01:19much impact occur.
01:21I hope there'll be more answers to come.
01:23So I can see this is info in the WG group.
01:23Next one.
01:24We'll try it again.
01:24Then I'm going to try it again.
01:25It's fine.
01:26Let's try it again.
01:26It's fine.
01:26Then we'll try it again.
01:27It's fine.
01:27You can do it.
01:28Again.
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